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Please, help save Julia Paevska from Russian captivity!
#Taira (Julia Paevska) is a well-known Ukrainian sportswoman and a paramedic who saved more than 500 people during the war in Donbass.
On March 16, Julia was captured by Russians in besieged Mariupol 1/
#Taira (Julia Paevska) is a well-known Ukrainian sportswoman and a paramedic who saved more than 500 people during the war in Donbass.
On March 16, Julia was captured by Russians in besieged Mariupol 1/
where she was providing medical aid to local people as a volunteer. She was decommissioned from military service due to her disability, so she is protected under Geneva Conventions both as a medic and as a non-combatant. The Russian propaganda falsely accussed her to be a Nazi 2/
and a killer, and shown her in a humiliating video, in which she looked like she was tortured. She has a disability and requires medical aid. Russia refuses to list her as a prisoner of war, denies all contact with her, and we don’t even know if she is still alive.
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ICYMI @AP and @frontlinepbs are gathering, verifying & documenting evidence of potential war crimes in #Ukraine, including attacks on hospitals, schools, residential areas & other civilian structures following #Russia's invasion pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
@AP’s own reports include visual evidence along w/ witness accounts of alleged atrocities. @AP journalists outside #Ukraine have confirmed details of other attacks- interviewing survivors &verifying authenticity of videos, photos posted online by officials and residents.
The @AP/@frontlinepbs online database will continue to be updated as long as the conflict lasts. The goal is to provide an independent accounting of events, apart from potentially inflated claims by advocates or misinformation spread by state-backed propaganda.
